Module Descriptors
AUTOMATED MEASUREMENTS
ELEC50250
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Christopher Gould
Email: C.A.Gould@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT - PRACTICAL weighted at 80%
- REFLECTIVE ASSIGNMENT weighted at 20%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
100% in-course assessment assessing Learning Outcomes 1-4.
Practical assignment based on implementing a number: 80% of automated measurement tasks using labview.
Reflective report summarizing the student's experience in: 20% carrying out the automation project.
Practical assignment based on implementing a number: 80% of automated measurement tasks using labview.
Reflective report summarizing the student's experience in: 20% carrying out the automation project.
Module Indicative Content
The students will learn how to use labview programming language in automating a range of measurement tasks. In addition to developing the required Labview programming skills in measurements automation, the following contents are to be addressed.
Signal Interference and Corruption (the problem of measurement, energy flow, input impedance EMI, RFI, coupling paths, screening, grounding, Electromagnetic compatibility)
Electronic Test Equipments (analogue and digital voltmeters, current, power, gain and phase measurement; frequency and period measurement; spectrum measurements.
Measurements of potential, current, flow strain, temperature and speed. Audio and video measurement.
Automated Test Equipment (PC Based and Virtual Instrumentation, remote measurements and alarm management over the INTERNET)
Signal Interference and Corruption (the problem of measurement, energy flow, input impedance EMI, RFI, coupling paths, screening, grounding, Electromagnetic compatibility)
Electronic Test Equipments (analogue and digital voltmeters, current, power, gain and phase measurement; frequency and period measurement; spectrum measurements.
Measurements of potential, current, flow strain, temperature and speed. Audio and video measurement.
Automated Test Equipment (PC Based and Virtual Instrumentation, remote measurements and alarm management over the INTERNET)
Module Learning Strategies
Hands on workshop (24 hours)
Laboratory based practical and simulation work. (24 hours)
Directed reading, information gathering, student supervised learning. (102 hours)
Laboratory based practical and simulation work. (24 hours)
Directed reading, information gathering, student supervised learning. (102 hours)
Module Resources
Electronics Laboratory, Virtual Instrumentation Laboratory, Broadcasting Studio.
Computer labs with NI-Labview.
Application notes and equipment manuals from the electronics laboratory library.
Computer labs with NI-Labview.
Application notes and equipment manuals from the electronics laboratory library.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Texts
LabVIEW 7 Express Student Edition: by National Instruments, Robert Bishop, Publisher: Prentice Hall (Dec 2003), ISBN: 0-13-117605-6
Introduction to Video and Audio Measurement, by Peter Hodges, Publisher: Focal Press; 2nd Edition, ISBN: 024086212
Introduction to Video and Audio Measurement, by Peter Hodges, Publisher: Focal Press; 2nd Edition, ISBN: 024086212